The goal of a bible based small group should be to strengthen the body of God and to meet the needs of each individually in the small group.
Jesus sent out small groups to evangelize and the bible is filled with examples of one another relationships.
Jesus had relationships on six different levels. Jesus and John "the one Jesus loved" the bible says. Jesus, Peter, James and John, which was a core group that Jesus would meet with exclusively (I.e....the garden of Gethsemane, Mt Sinai..etc). Jesus had the twelve apostles and then the multitudes!
The purpose of being a leader of a small group is to build a healthy spiritual body. Not all church growth is built in the right way. We have to be careful on how we build the church. 1 Corinthians 3:5-14
If we are relying on god and not ourselves or our wordly wisdom then god will bless our building.
Leadership in the church was gods plan and his idea. A church will reflect the leadership in the church. The influence of leadership is a huge issue and holds leaders accountable on a different level. Leaders are Christians and disciples first and leaders second. We have to practice what we preach!
Matthew 20:20-28
Jesus discipled the apostles for three years prior to this occasion and we see the apostles still had no clue on how to be godly leaders. Their worldly view of leadership was still present. Jesus said the last will be first. God expects leaders to lead with humility. James and John's mother was filled with wordly ambition and her sons emulated that characteristic. The world leads on ambition and selfishness. God points out his plan of leading through humility.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 Hebrews 13:17 Hebrews 13:7
If leaders have a life worth imitating then submitting to them is not an issue. Leaders need to have ambition for their followers and not selfish ambition! The ambition is for the group and the individual needs in the small groups!
John 13:13, John 15:15-16
Jesus was their teacher lord and master and yet he served his followers! We are gods servants and yet Jesus called his disciples to be his fellow workers! Sometimes we can have a distorted view of what a leader should be. Jesus is our perfect example.
Compare Hebrews 13:17 and Hebrews 13:7 again.
The church should have positional authority in a combination with relational authority. we need to follow our leaders in some cases because of their position and in other case because of the relationship we have established with our leaders.
1 Corinthians 16:15-16 1 Corinthians 16:12
Two examples of leaders. They were servants and lead by serving. Also Paul asked Apollos to go with the brothers and he said no. Paul was not a dictator and excepted Apollos decision not to go. Paul set an example for us in not lording over our followers! Ephesians 4:11-16
Every leader should be a servant regardless of his/her position. Romans 12:1-5
Jesus sent out small groups to evangelize and the bible is filled with examples of one another relationships.
Jesus had relationships on six different levels. Jesus and John "the one Jesus loved" the bible says. Jesus, Peter, James and John, which was a core group that Jesus would meet with exclusively (I.e....the garden of Gethsemane, Mt Sinai..etc). Jesus had the twelve apostles and then the multitudes!
The purpose of being a leader of a small group is to build a healthy spiritual body. Not all church growth is built in the right way. We have to be careful on how we build the church. 1 Corinthians 3:5-14
If we are relying on god and not ourselves or our wordly wisdom then god will bless our building.
Leadership in the church was gods plan and his idea. A church will reflect the leadership in the church. The influence of leadership is a huge issue and holds leaders accountable on a different level. Leaders are Christians and disciples first and leaders second. We have to practice what we preach!
Matthew 20:20-28
Jesus discipled the apostles for three years prior to this occasion and we see the apostles still had no clue on how to be godly leaders. Their worldly view of leadership was still present. Jesus said the last will be first. God expects leaders to lead with humility. James and John's mother was filled with wordly ambition and her sons emulated that characteristic. The world leads on ambition and selfishness. God points out his plan of leading through humility.
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 Hebrews 13:17 Hebrews 13:7
If leaders have a life worth imitating then submitting to them is not an issue. Leaders need to have ambition for their followers and not selfish ambition! The ambition is for the group and the individual needs in the small groups!
John 13:13, John 15:15-16
Jesus was their teacher lord and master and yet he served his followers! We are gods servants and yet Jesus called his disciples to be his fellow workers! Sometimes we can have a distorted view of what a leader should be. Jesus is our perfect example.
Compare Hebrews 13:17 and Hebrews 13:7 again.
The church should have positional authority in a combination with relational authority. we need to follow our leaders in some cases because of their position and in other case because of the relationship we have established with our leaders.
1 Corinthians 16:15-16 1 Corinthians 16:12
Two examples of leaders. They were servants and lead by serving. Also Paul asked Apollos to go with the brothers and he said no. Paul was not a dictator and excepted Apollos decision not to go. Paul set an example for us in not lording over our followers! Ephesians 4:11-16
Every leader should be a servant regardless of his/her position. Romans 12:1-5
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